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    "addressCountry": "Canada",
    "addressLocality": "Tasiujaq"
  },
  "airlines": [
    "Air Canada"
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      "name": "Domestic to Domestic Connection Time",
      "value": "45 minutes"
    },
    {
      "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification",
      "name": "Domestic to International Connection Time",
      "value": "90 minutes"
    },
    {
      "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification",
      "name": "International to Domestic Connection Time",
      "value": "90 minutes"
    },
    {
      "@type": "LocationFeatureSpecification",
      "name": "International to International Connection Time",
      "value": "120 minutes"
    },
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      "value": "120 minutes"
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  "city": "Tasiujaq",
  "code": "YTQ",
  "connection_tips": "Tasiujaq Airport (YTQ/CYTQ) serves Nunavik's youngest settlement, founded in 1966 on Leaf Lake's shores at Deep Harbour, 1.5 nautical miles southwest of the village. The 1970s-built runway replaced earlier seaplane and ski-plane operations, enabling reliable medical evacuations and supply deliveries regardless of season. No commercial facilities exist at this basic airstrip. The community's independent cooperative store, unique in Nunavik for operating outside the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des coop\u00e9ratives, coordinates cargo shipments.\n\nAir Inuit operates exclusive scheduled service using Dash 8 turboprops connecting to Kuujjuaq (YVP) for onward connections throughout Nunavik and Montreal. This remote gravel airstrip provides the only year-round access to a community renowned for Leaf Basin's extreme 15-meter tides and rich wildlife including 1,000 musk oxen, belugas, Arctic char, and nesting gyrfalcons. Travelers should prepare for extended delays, dress for Arctic conditions, and coordinate accommodation through the co-op store as no hotels exist in this hunting and fishing paradise. Ground transport involves community vehicles or ATVs in summer, snowmobiles in winter.\n\nWeather cancellations frequent during blizzards and fog from Leaf Basin's maritime influence. Flights typically route through multiple communities including Kangirsuk, reflecting historical dogsled routes. The name Tasiujaq means \"resembling a lake,\" referring to the vast Leaf Basin complex where French R\u00e9villon Fr\u00e8res and Hudson's Bay Company operated competing trading posts from 1905-1907.",
  "country": "Canada",
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  "frequent_traveler_tip": [
    "Check current schedules for transfers through Tasiujaq Airport.",
    "Check your flight status before leaving for the airport.",
    "Allow extra time during peak travel periods at this airport.",
    "Keep important documents easily accessible at this airport.",
    "Download your airline's mobile app for updates at this airport."
  ],
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  "hotel_affiliate_link": "https://book.beatthatflight.com.au/?currency=CAD",
  "iataCode": "YTQ",
  "icao": "CYTQ",
  "international": false,
  "last_modified": "July 2026",
  "last_updated": "2026-03-29",
  "latitude": 58.667801,
  "layover_planner_info": "Tasiujaq Airport (YTQ) works best for straightforward domestic turns, not for building aggressive connection margins around multiple separate tickets. Use this page's published MCTs as the floor: 45 minutes for domestic transfers, 120 minutes when interline support is available. For longer stops in Tasiujaq, assume terminal amenities may be secondary to the surrounding landside area, and keep backup routing through Toronto Pearson International (YYZ) and Aupaluk Airport (YPJ) in mind if the day starts to slip.",
  "longitude": -69.955803,
  "mct_domestic_to_domestic": 45,
  "mct_domestic_to_international": 90,
  "mct_interline": 120,
  "mct_international_to_domestic": 90,
  "mct_international_to_international": 120,
  "missed_connection_help": "If you miss a connection at Tasiujaq Airport (YTQ), start with the operating airline or transfer desk before leaving the secure area, especially if bags are checked through or your itinerary relies on interline handling. This airport publishes a 120-minute interline buffer, so ask staff to confirm whether onward sectors and baggage can be protected on the same journey before you commit to a new ticket. If same-day recovery fails, compare rebooking options via Toronto Pearson International (YYZ) and Aupaluk Airport (YPJ).",
  "name": "Tasiujaq Airport",
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  "region": "North America",
  "related_airports": [
    {
      "code": "YYZ",
      "name": "Toronto Pearson International"
    },
    {
      "code": "YPJ",
      "name": "Aupaluk Airport"
    }
  ],
  "terminal_info": "Tasiujaq Airport serves Nunavik's youngest settlement, established in 1966 when Inuit families relocated to the shores of Leaf Lake at Deep Harbour, creating this remote community renowned for Leaf Basin's record-breaking tides regularly exceeding 15 meters - among the highest in the world. Located 1.5 nautical miles southwest of the village at 121 feet elevation, this Arctic airfield developed full aviation infrastructure in the 1970s as part of Northern Quebec's transport accessibility program, replacing earlier seaplane and ski-plane operations with reliable year-round service.\n\nThe modest single-story terminal building provides essential Arctic shelter from wind and frost, accommodating Air Inuit's exclusive domestic regional flights via De Havilland Dash 8 turboprops connecting to Kuujjuaq Airport 110 kilometers away, plus circular routes linking neighboring settlements including Kangirsuk and remote destinations like Schefferville. The basic facility serves as the sole aviation access point for this hunting and fishing paradise rich with wildlife including 1,000 musk oxen, beluga whales, Arctic char, and nesting gyrfalcons throughout the vast Leaf Basin complex.\n\nOperational characteristics center on Air Inuit services (collectively owned by Nunavik Inuit through Makivik Corporation) providing essential passenger and cargo transport despite challenging Arctic conditions including frequent weather delays from blizzards and maritime fog from Leaf Basin's extreme tidal environment. The runway (6/24) accommodates regional aircraft essential for medical evacuations, supply deliveries, and maintaining connections for this community that operates an independent cooperative store unique in Nunavik for functioning outside the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des coop\u00e9ratives.\n\nStrategic importance encompasses preserving access to traditional Inuit territory where 'Tasiujaq' means 'resembling a lake' referring to the entirety of Leaf Basin's interconnected waterways, ensuring essential services reach this remote settlement that represents successful Indigenous adaptation to one of the Arctic's most extreme tidal environments while maintaining traditional subsistence activities amid breathtaking natural phenomena in one of Canada's most isolated but spectacular coastal regions.",
  "terminal_map_url": "https://skyvector.com/airport/CYTQ/Tasiujaq-Airport"
}